Latest Lok Sabha News & Updates

Bhopal, July 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday congratulated state BJP president Hemant Khandelwal on completing one year in office, praising his leadership and contribution to strengthening the party organisation. In a message, the Chief Minister said Khandelwal’s simplicity, dedication to the organisation and efficient working style had inspired party workers.“Under your leadership, the organisation has scaled new heights over the past year, and our ideology has …

Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, after hearing the petition from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress challenging the freezing of its three bank accounts held with a private bank, directed the authorities of the said bank to file a detailed affidavit citing all details of the accounts.At the same time, the single judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya also directed the police, under whose instructions the bank authorities have impose…

Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab slated likely in early 2027, the Congress on Wednesday clarified that there would be no change of state party leadership and reposed faith in the party’s senior leadership. The party high command retained young and energetic Member of Parliament (MP), Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, as the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President.A party statement said Partap Singh Bajwa would continue as Leader of Opposition.Former Chief Minist…

Hyderabad, June 30 (IANS) BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday called on the party cadres in Telangana to gear up to take people’s issues to the streets to bring the party to power in the state in 2028.Addressing the party’s state executive meeting on the last day of his three-day visit to Telangana, he told the party leaders that if a change is to be brought in Telangana, they have to raise people’s voice on the streets.He exuded confidence that if party leaders become the voice …

Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal Police to submit a report on the actions taken by the police administration in the incidents of eggs being thrown at political leaders and workers in the state since the results of the recently concluded Assembly elections were declared on June 4.The division bench of the High Court’s Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee gave this direction to th…

New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Congress General Secretary and MP, K.C. Venugopal, on Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla requesting that a privilege motion be taken up against Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for allegedly misleading the House on the casualties sustained by the Indian Armed Forces during ‘Operation Sindoor’. “Notice of question of privilege under Rule 223 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha against the Minister of Defence for having misled the House,”…

New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended his birthday wishes to Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, praising his efforts towards environmental conservation and climate action. He said that Yadav has been working tirelessly to combat the menace of climate change while promoting sustainability across the country.PM Modi took to social media ‘X’ and said, “Best wishes to Union Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav Ji on his birthday. He is undertaking significant e…

Gandhinagar, June 28 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that 2014 would be remembered as a “defining year” in India’s history and predicted that historians writing about the country’s journey to the centenary of Independence would divide modern India into two distinct periods, before and after 2014. Addressing a gathering at the launch of the pilot project of the PM Family Care Tracker (PM-FCT) and Health Passports in Gandhinagar, HM Shah attributed the transformation to the ele…

Gurugram, June 28 (IANS) Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, has stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership has been characterised by stability and progress, even amid global uncertainty. In an interview with IANS, Mukherjee reflected on the moment when the BJP first announced then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. She referred to his subsequent victory as a “personal mandate” …

Gurugram, June 28 (IANS) Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, commented on the organisational strength of the Congress party, stating that it reflects a “failure” on the part of Rahul Gandhi because, according to her, he has not been able to secure a decisive mandate for the party despite being its face. Speaking exclusively to IANS, Mukherjee pointed out that since 2014, around the time Rahul began to emerge as the face of Congress, the party has consistently…